EBSCOhost Professional Development Collection catalogs.html
Click on the EBSCOhost icon, select the Professional Development Collection. Designed for professional educators, the database is the
"most comprehensive . . .collection of full text education journals in the world. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for nearly 600 journals. Examples of titles offered in Professional Development Collection include: Booklist, Curriculum Administrator, Education, Education Digest, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Phi Delta Kappan, Reading Teacher, School Library Journal, and many others. The majority of full text titles included in the database are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in the Professional Development Collection dates as far back as 1965."
Sample search strategies on hot topics--block scheduling, grading systems, conflict resolution, bullying, at-risk students, and much more--"developed by some of the country's best reference librarians."
ERIC Thesaurus You will have greater success searching ERIC if you use the language of its database and determine the best descriptors. Educator's Reference Desk
More than 3000 resources on a variety of educational issues, including web sites, and links to educational organizations and discussion groups. Topics include: counseling, educational management, evaluation, technology, librarianship, specific populations, teaching, and the various disciplines.
Source for searching and ordering ERIC documents (EDs) in paper, fax, microfiche or PDF formats for a relatively low fee. EDs are typically research papers and other monographs. The phone service is available at 800 443-3742.
"The Department (ED) produces hundreds of publications annually, administers programs and initiatives, and underwrites education research." Special emphasis on reading and accountability.
"An interagency and public/private partnership whose mission is to provide official information assistance for anyone seeking information about U.S. education and for U.S. citizens seeking authoritative information about education in other countries."
EBSCOhost Professional Development Collection catalogs.html
Click on the EBSCOhost icon, select the Professional Development Collection. Designed for professional educators, the database is the
"most comprehensive . . .collection of full text education journals in the world. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for nearly 600 journals. Examples of titles offered in Professional Development Collection include: Booklist, Curriculum Administrator, Education, Education Digest, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Phi Delta Kappan, Reading Teacher, School Library Journal, and many others. The majority of full text titles included in the database are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in the Professional Development Collection dates as far back as 1965."
ERIC
For searching ERIC abstracts and Digests and ordering documents. Includes an archive search for older materials, back to 1966.
ERIC: Expert Search Strategies
Sample search strategies on hot topics--block scheduling, grading systems, conflict resolution, bullying, at-risk students, and much more--"developed by some of the country's best reference librarians."
ERIC Thesaurus
You will have greater success searching ERIC if you use the language of its database and determine the best descriptors.
Educator's Reference Desk
More than 3000 resources on a variety of educational issues, including web sites, and links to educational organizations and discussion groups. Topics include: counseling, educational management, evaluation, technology, librarianship, specific populations, teaching, and the various disciplines.
ERIC On-Demand Documents
Source for searching and ordering ERIC documents (EDs) in paper, fax, microfiche or PDF formats for a relatively low fee. EDs are typically research papers and other monographs. The phone service is available at 800 443-3742.
GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials
"One-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet."
SchoolMatters
Standard and Poor's database for information, analysis, and comparison of public schools.
UMI ProQuest Digital Dissertations
Search the database and order PDF documents
UMI Thesis and Dissertation Reference Services
Access to citations and abstracts of Masters and Doctoral papers. Documents are available for order.
Test Reviews Online
Test information from the Mental Measurements Yearbook Series.
Educational Journals Online Browse these journals. Many provide selected full-text content.
Includes these not-to-be-missed journals!
American School Board Journal http://www.asbj.com/
ASCD Journals http://www.ascd.org/readingroom.html
(Includes Educational Leadership and Journal of Curriculum and Supervision)
Kappan http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kappan.htm
Journals for school librarians libstuff.html#Journals
Joyce's Teacher Lesson Links tealinks.html
Web-Based Teacher Tools tools.html
FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Collects the contributions of more than 30 Federal agencies to "make hundreds of Federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find."
State Education Reforms
Collection major developments in state-level policies.
US Dept.of Education: Ed Pubs
"The Department (ED) produces hundreds of publications annually, administers programs and initiatives, and underwrites education research." Special emphasis on reading and accountability.
National Center for Educational Statistics
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
Covers such areas as construction costs, school size, safety, classroom design.
U.S. Network for Education Information
"An interagency and public/private partnership whose mission is to provide official information assistance for anyone seeking information about U.S. education and for U.S. citizens seeking authoritative information about education in other countries."
White House Education Policy
No Child Left Behind
ALPS: Active Learning Practice for School (Harvard)
American Educational Research Association
Annenberg Institute for School Reform (Brown)
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Benton Foundation http://www.benton.org/
Coalition of Essential Schools http://www.essentialschools.org/
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science
Hot Topics in Education
Institute for Learning Technologies (Columbia)
Internet Resource Collection (University of North Alabama Libraries)
Knowledge Loom: What Works in Teaching and Learning (Brown)
McRel: Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning
National Association of Elementary School Principals
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Northwest Regional Educational Library
Rethinking Schools
About the Standards standards.html
District Leaders Podcasts McGraw Hill produces these conversations with leading school administrators